CONTORTED Synonyms

• rolled longitudinally upon itself

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned

• not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

• irregular in shape or outline

• having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

• having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend

• so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

• used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

• tied with a knot

• used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

• having edges that are jagged from injury

• so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• tangled in knots or snarls

• in a confused mass

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

• used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture

• (of hair) having waves

• uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves

• twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a jerky pulling movement

• a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

• twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

• make a sudden twisting motion

• twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• make formless

• twist and press out of shape

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• become misshapen

• alter the shape of (something) by stress

• assume a different shape or form

• make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

• form into a spiral shape

• twist and press out of shape

• affect as in thought or feeling

• alter the shape of (something) by stress

• an unforeseen development

• an interpretation of a text or action

• any clever maneuver

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• a circular segment of a curve

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• a jerky pulling movement

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

• the act of winding or twisting

• turning or twisting around (in place)

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• turn in the opposite direction

• form into a spiral shape

• form into twists

• extend in curves and turns

• do the twist

• twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

• twist suddenly so as to sprain